carbon Footprints

I took two sample house-holds and decided to see how ecologically friendly each are.
     House A has four people living there, and House B has only one person (so lonely.)

     House A drives over 6000 miles in a month. Mainly because my family (father, two sisters, and my brother) all have jobs semi-far from their house. And we all love driving, bad habit, but we love it. Combining their use of electricity, with transportation, and their carbon footprint is 4232 lbs of CO2 per month.

    House B is my older brother, he too lives decently far from work and drives on average of 800 miles a month, but his recreational driving is pretty much zero; cars terrify him, it's slightly hilarious. Combine that with his electricity and 1369 lbs CO2 per month is emitted into our atmosphere.

     Good to know that sustainability is the responsibility of everyone, not just my family, because we are failing miserably. Some things that can easily lower your carbon foot printing are:
A.) Obviously, a more fuel efficient car.
B.) Turning off lights when not in use. (my sisters afraid of the dark, so this never happens in house A.
C.) Unplugging appliances not being used from the wall. An empty house doesn't care what station you were listening to.
D.) Planning your routs to cut back on travel time. If everything can be done in one trip, why go home, leave, go home, leave again, etc.

     These will not only help your carbon footprint, but your wallet as well. Just remember Wally the Wallet enjoys sustainability too.

If you wanted to calculate your own carbon foot print just find your utility bill and give this site, safeclimate.net your information. (It wont ask for your social security number so don’t worry.)